Democratic Socialists of America

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a democratic socialist political party in the United States, founded in 1982. The party had its roots in the Socialist Party of America, splitting away from Social Democrats, USA after its rightward shift. The party was founded by New Left intellectuals from the 1960s and former members of the socialist and communist parties of the "Old Left". The party fought to decrease the power of corporations and increase the power of the working people, and it often worked in tandem with the Democratic Party, endorsing its candidates Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders. In 2017, its membership rose from 5,000 to 32,000 in reaction to the presidency of Donald Trump, becoming the largest socialist organization in the US; it also held around 30 minor offices across the country.